ANNUAL MEETING, I9O2. 497 



Capt. A. H. Reed, of Glencoe, then read a paper on the subject of 

 "The Propagation of the Apple Tree Should be Encouraged in 

 Minnesota." (See index.) 



The President : Now we will get back again to our regular 

 program for this afternoon. The first number is a paper by Mr. 

 Secor, and it is a very good subject. 



"Beauty with Utility on the Village Lot," was the subject of the 

 paper read by Mr. David Secor, of Winnebago City. (See index.) 



The President : We still have another paper somewhat akin to 

 the one just read, and that should interest us all, and I will call 

 upon Mr. Dolan, of St. Paul, for his paper. 



Mr. F. M. Dolan, of St. Paul, then read a paper on the subject 

 of "Planting and Care of a New Park or Cemetery." (See index.) 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 



The President : We come now to an important part of our pro- 

 ceedings, the election of officers, and I wish to say at this time that 

 I am not a candidate for re-election. I have enjoyed the relation 

 I have held to you for four years very much indeed. There is no 

 place I have held that I have enjoyed more. It has not taken up a 

 great deal of my time, but the time I have employed has been spent 

 very pleasantly indeed, and I think a great deal in the time between 

 of the annual meeting and the summer meeting, and of the good 

 times that we shall have in trying to further the great cause which 

 we all have at heart and very much at heart. I have said repeatedly 

 I know of no organization where the members work so congenially 

 and so unselfishly for the good of all as do the members of this 

 society. Now, with the understanding that I shall not be in the 

 way and shall not accept the office for another term, we will pro- 

 ceed to the election of officers. 



Mr. J. M. Underwood : Fellow Members of the State Horti- 

 cultural Society : I am sure we all feel under great obligations to 

 Prof. Pendergast for the able way in which he has filled the position 

 of president of this society, and it is with regret that we are obliged 

 to receive his ultimatum that he will not be a candidate for re-elec- 

 tion. When we get a good thing we like to keep it, and when we 

 have a good officer we like to retain him in office, but, of course, I 

 realize the fact that the duties of the office are such that it may be 

 that we ought not to insist upon his continuing to discharge them, 

 and in the spirit in which he has declined to again become a candi- 

 date we regretfully are disposed to take him at his word. I rise to 

 place in nomination the name of another member for the officcj a man 

 whom I think you will all be glad to support. I refer to Mr. Clar- 

 ence Wedge, of Albert Lea, anH I nominate him in the expectation 

 that you will be pleased to support him with your ballots. 



Mr. C. M. Loring: It gives me great pleasure — and at the same 

 time I am filled with a feeling of regret, Mr. President, that you 

 are going to retire from the honorable position you have held so 

 ably and so long — but I have a. feeling of pleasure that the office 

 will fall into the hands of so worthy a successor as Mr. Wedge, and 

 I heartily second his nomination. 



